Sailoil
LightNews LightNews
banner
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
Sailoil
@icebergsmelting.bsky.social
460 followers 540 following 1.2K posts
Disruptor, Tax the Rich, Tax Religion, Universal Basic Income, Knight, Munster, There is no planet B DonalClancy@Wordpress.Com
Posts Replies Media Videos
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/n...
Nubian Elephants
In the Nubian Museum in Aswan I was delighted to come across these bronzes of what looks like a war elephant and her baby. OK, first off it is tempting to see a mother and baby, but I think in fact…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/b...
Beau Geste
In the Grounds of the Nubian Museum in Aswan I came across this building and immediately I was thrown back to my childhood. Beau Geste is the classic romance story of the French Foreign Legion. Thr…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2020/11/26/t...
Thanksgiving
I am not an American, so I don’t celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. But I want to use this opportunity to thank all of you who read my posts. I would write with or without you, but by being …
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Unfinished Obelisk
Back in May 2024 when I began my series on the Obelisks taken from Egypt I started with one that never left Obelisk #1. The Unfinished Obelisk was left in the northern quarries of Aswan because it …
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
Red Granite
One of the major exports from Aswan in ancient times was the red granite. The quarries of Aswan yielded the beautiful warm coloured red granite stone that was used for most of the ancient Egyptian …
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/d...
Damn Dams
On the map above you can get a sense of how Aswan can be divided up. At the top of the map is the Railway Station where we arrived in, Elephantine and Kitchener Island. In the Middle of the map is …
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/f...
Feluccaing About
Messing about in boats on the River Nile? I have always loved messing about in boats. I have always wanted to sail a felucca on the Nile. So at last I got the opportunity in Aswan. This is going to…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/e...
Elephantine Island Ferry
Our hotel in Aswan, the Nuba Nile, was just off the large square that runs up to the railway station. On the left of the photo above you can see the plaza. In the distance you can see the Nile, dot…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/a...
Aswan Souk
Aswan exists as a town because it was the site of the first cataract on the Nile. A cataract is a rapids, a rocky fall in the river, that is impassible by a vessel. What this meant in practical ter…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/l...
Luxor to Aswan
The title of this post could easily have been Trains, Planes and Automobiles. Only the order is out of kilter. You can fly from Luxor to Aswan on a low cost internal flight. The distance is not ver…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
For 100 cool points can you name the flick?
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
When the police can't show their faces they are no longer the forces of law and order.
Real police are proud to serve.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/s...
Sacred Space
Something I have observed before and will probably see again is the benefit to a site of moving with the times. It is all very well to be a pagan site when pagan religion is in vogue, but once the …
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/t...
The Solar Barque
An entire wing of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo was constructed to house the Khufu Solar Barque. This is the best preserved and largest solar barque from Egypt. Khufu was the pharaoh who const…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/f...
Fawlty Towers Luxor
We stayed in a number of properties in Egypt. In Cairo we spent most of our time in Villa Layla, a rambling hostel in a beautiful old colonial style mansion. The big bonus with Layla was the swimmi…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/k...
Kadesh relief 2
I mentioned back in Karnak how the Kadesh Relief as a piece of propaganda was installed in multiple locations. You don’t have to travel far from Karnak to find the next version. Luxor Temple …
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/l...
Luxor Temple
Luxor is an arabic name which means “the palaces” referring to the many temples found in and around the town. Historians often refer to the older name of Thebes, as the ancient southern…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
Is it cruel to put Cynthia Erivo on the cover of the GQ "Men of the year" issue? Seems to me they are presenting he as particularly butch here.
Is Cynthia Ariana Grande's sugar daddy.
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/n...
Night at Luxor Temple
If you stay in Luxor town it is an easy stroll to the Luxor Temple. At night it is floodlit so it makes for a pleasant stroll past the site. 1,001 Arabian columns? It makes for a very dramatic scen…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/f...
False Tomb of Tutankhamun
Beside the Carter House is an exact replica of the tomb of Tutankhamun from the valley of the Kings. This project was created to ease the damaging effects of thousands of tourists blundering throug…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
The Carter House
The house built by Howard Carter on Ulwit al-Dibban (Hill of the Flies) is a really pleasant space. It is beautifully proportioned and has that “just right” feel you get from excellent …
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/h...
Howard Carter
To the north-east of the al-Qurna you will come to the site where Howard Carter built his house. Carter is famous as the excavator who uncovered the Tomb of Tutankamun. I will follow this with a po…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/t...
TT52 – Tomb of Nakht
We now move on to the tomb of Nakht, which reminded me a lot of the tomb of Ti all the way back in the Old Kingdom and the Saqqara complex. Nakht is just up the hill from Ramose. He was a scribe an…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/t...
TT55 – Tomb of Ramose
We have now move out of Deir el-Medina to Sheikh abd al-Qurna which is just over the hill from the homes of the artisans. Here you can find a number of the tombs of high officials from the courts o…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
icebergsmelting.bsky.social
donalclancy.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/t...
Temple of Hathor
At the end of the valley of the workers houses in Deir el-Medina you can find the old coptic monastery of Saint Isidorus the Martyr of Chios. Being adopted by the Christians was a good way for paga…
donalclancy.wordpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM